Is Us Highway 72 in a low-crime area?

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Us Highway 72 Crime & Safety Report

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Full report contains 34 offenders within 5 miles and 264 crime incidents in the last 12 months.

34 Registered Sex Offenders within 5 miles Near Us Highway 72, Athens, AL 35613

5 Rape

9 Child Involved

0 Assault

20 Other

Name / Age / Tags	Arrest / Conviction	Address	Distance	Risk
LANDRY, JUSTIN DAVID 41 years old Child Involved	18-1508 - LEWD CONDUCT WITH A MINOR CHILD UNDER SIXTEEN 2025-08-28T20:49:19	22292 MONTEREY DR ATHENS, AL, 35613	4.9	Medium
BROWN, NORMAN STEWART 64 years old Child Involved	13A-6-122 - Electronic Solicitation of a Child Sexual Motivation 2025-08-28T20:14:04	24224 NEWBY RD MADISON, AL, 35756	2.7	Medium
SCHILLING, JEFFERY JAMES 37 years old Child Involved	18 USC 2243 - Sex Abuse of Minor or Ward Sexual Motivation 2025-08-28T20:36:42	118 SUGAR BLUFF LN NW MADISON, AL, 35757	4.3	Medium
BAXTER, SEAN CHARLES 58 years old		26924 PEPPER ROAD ATHENS, AL, 35613	1.8	Medium
CLAYTON, ARTHUR KEVIN 58 years old	13A-6-66(a) - First Degree Sexual Abuse Sexual Motivation 2024-12-20T12:26:37	27476 MC KENNA DR ATHENS, AL, 35613	3.8	Medium

264 Crime & Incidents in the Last 12 Months

44 Severe

30 Medium

62 Low

128 Other

Crime	Location (Approx.)	Severity	Description
Break-In 07/16/2026 09:49 PM	Balch Rd, Madison, AL 35757	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a possible attempted break-in at a senior housing complex near Balch Road. A caller, an elderly woman in a laundry room, reported that a suspect tried to enter the residence through a window, with no description available.
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 06:45 PM	Bayard Pl, Madison, AL 35756	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders are attending to a medical call near Bayard Place involving a 68-year-old female who is conscious and breathing and complaints of fever and weakness. The patient reportedly recently had gallbladder surgery and a kidney transplant. Squad 3 and other units have arrived and established command on Millbridge Drive.
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 01:38 PM	Hwy 72 W, Madison, AL 35758	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, a medical emergency involves a juvenile male possibly overheated near register 22 at a Walmart on Spartan Drive close to Pike Avenue.
Traffic 07/16/2026 12:55 PM	Mooresville Rd & Greenbrier Pkwy, Huntsville, AL 35613	LOW	As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received a complaint about a white SUV reportedly traveling southbound in the wrong direction near Greenbrier Parkway and Mooresville Road in the Charlie 27 area.
Fire 07/16/2026 12:54 PM	Peek A Boo St, Athens, AL 35613	MEDIUM	As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a residential fire alarm on Peekaboo Street in the East Monticello and Oak Grove area, reported by an alarm company for a hall smoke detector activation. Units arrived to find a brick home with no visible fire and determined the alarm was apparently caused by cooking, then cleared the scene.

Crime & Safety Report for Us Highway 72, Athens, AL 35613